The Advocacy Academy

Analysis

The Advocacy Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Advocacy Academy reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £739k to £1.1m (+46%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Advocacy Academy sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derwent Training Association (£1.1m), St Paul's Schools Foundation (£1.1m) and Cambridge Philosophical Society (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and charitable activities 2.1%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £196k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.